Nationalist Movements
The West
Russia
China
Japan

Triggers for Change
MI: All around the world, dominance from the Europeans fell upon the people with World War I.
  • Three main triggers: economy, technology, expansion
  • Imperialism caused the world wars that damaged the economics and politics of the nation
  • new inventions for transportation and communication allow people to move quickly(increase of population), and for the trade to be efficient, but the technology innovation also benefited the military
  • new reforms were put in place for health and food allowing people to move => urbanization => change in demographics
The Big Changes
MI: In the 20th century, changes were placed on all of society where economics, ideals, social roles, trade, and environmental usages were affected.
  • “top nations” United States and Western Europe use their efforts to help pull Asian countries and other in need nation out of their problems allowing them to be top control exports and becoming a manufacturing machine
  • The idea of communism vs demography was at an all time high were beliefs and ideals were being altered
  • women gain political power changing the birth rates and more middle class jobs
  • global culture change affected human rights to people working in sweatshop labor => population growth and introducing people to new homes
  • many nations took advantage of oil and forests that it cause pollution, oil spills and chemical disasters
Continuity
MI: With all the change due to industrialization, countries try to keep intact of culture ides and religious ideas.
  • Created of the internet => things became limitless
  • Middle East: Females continue to have lower rights compare to males
  • increase of consumerism and the culture of beauty contests
  • returning to the idea of Buddhism in China, and communism in Russia
Impact on Daily Life
MI: In the 20th century, emotions and behavior affected the daily life of people changes.
  • Emotions and behavior influence people to be angry or jealous to encourage people to reform or change; example – China with Mao ZeDong
  • McDonald's that was set up in Soviet Russia encourage people to be cheerful and happy instead of the usual style; economy → happy and cheerfulness
  • in family, China became to focus on only have a single offspring
Societies and Trends
  • the continuity of war
  • increase of anti colonialism and new political party; decolonization

Maps of page 637
In this stage of world history the idea of nations having their own Independence. Large nations would not be colonization or expanding anymore. For example, in South America instead of just one big Brazil, that area became broken up into different little nations. Even though, areas were not largely control, monopolies was at a growing increase where factories were placed all around the world. Corporations in Germany however was at its peak with 7,000 - 9500 with that small amount of land mass.